G. Mark Albright, Partner

Mark supervises the litigation department and has published widely on a variety of legal topics, including articles in the BYU Law Review, Nevada Lawyer Magazine, Nevada Civil Practice Manual, Clark County Bar Communiqué Magazine, Construction Company Strategist magazine, and has published dozens of other legal articles on his firm blog. He also publishes a weekly article in Meridian Magazine. Mark has been awarded Martindale-Hubble’s highest AV rating, AVVOs highest Superb rating, and has been recognized by Who’s Who in American Law, and this year was granted a Fellowship as one of top one-half percent of attorneys by Litigation Counsel of America.

Personal:

Mark was raised in Las Vegas; his grandfather moved here in the 1930’s and became a County Commissioner in the 1950’s and 60’s, instrumental in building the convention center, airport, and courthouse. In Law School, he served as an author and editor to the law review and later clerked for Federal Judge Lloyd D. George in Las Vegas. After law school, Mark received offers from a prominent downtown Los Angeles law firm, as well as from the largest firm in Arizona, but he opted instead to return home to Las Vegas to join his father’s law practice. Mark received his AV rating (based on attorney and judicial surveys) in 1996, after just 15 years of practice. In 1999, U.S. Senator Reid included Mark in his list of nominees for a federal judgeship appointment.

In September, 2012, Mark was selected for fellowship into the Litigation Counsel of America (LCA), an invitation-only trial lawyer honorary society limited to less than one-half of one percent of American lawyers. Mark was selected and invited into fellowship after being evaluated on effectiveness and accomplishments in litigation and trial work, along with ethical reputation, by the LCA.

In July 2013, Mark was selected by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™, as a ‘2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Banking & Finance Law’. See, The American Lawyer & Corporate Counsel magazine, September 2013.

Vegas Inc. Magazine awarded Mark its coveted Top Lawyer award in construction law in 2013.

The American Society of Legal Advocates selected Mark as one of the Top 100 Litigation lawyers in the State of Nevada for 2014.

U.S Senator Harry Reid in Washington DC

Recipient of Martindale’s highest Preeminent AV rating.

Contributing author and editor to the Nevada Civil Practice Manual, State Bar of Nevada, for multiple editions

Board of Advisors, BYU Management Society (2007)

Board of Advisors to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce (2006)

Note and Comment Editor, Brigham Young University Law Review, 1980-1981 (graduated in the top 25% of his class)

Law Clerk to Federal Judge Lloyd D. George, District of Nevada, 1981

Listed in: Who’s Who in American Law, 1994-2000; Who’s Who in America 2000; Outstanding Lawyers of America, 2003

County Bar Television Panel Member, Law for the Layman, Euthanasia, December, 1995

Mark is a “talented communicator who can inspire others to accept his message.” U.S. Senator Mike Lee.

References:

Mark “stands apart among his legal colleagues in his capabilities to promote the sound administration of justice and integrity, quality and independence of the judiciary.” Congressman Jason Chaffetz

Mark and his firm “earned Martindale-Hubble’s highest AV rating for legal excellence and ethics. Additionally, having been published on a broad range of legal subjects, he is an attorney with a strong background of legal expertise…” Congressman Wally Herger

“Mark’s legal experience and leadership have always had a great impact on the practice of federal lawyers…”Congressman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon

“Mark is highly respected by his colleagues in the legal profession, has earned the trust of a significant number of Federal Judges, and enjoys the confidence of a substantial number of my colleagues in the Congress.” Congressman Jeff Flake

Representative Cases:

We have handled major accident cases, both for plaintiffs and defendant, including multi-car head-on collision on U.S. 95, double fatality; car drove off highway at Lake Mead National Park, resulting in deaths of both occupants; construction accidents; glass fixture falling on head of restaurant customer at Four Seasons; victim crushed between two semi-tractor trailers at truck stop, resulting in two crushed femurs and insertion of titanium rods; single car roll-over in Arizona injuring occupants, with multiple injuries to occupants; rear-end collision on Blue Diamond Road, causing multiple neck and back injuries; child injured on school play-ground tug-of-war when rope wrapped around student’s wrist; class action regarding workers injured at construction project at Yucca Mtn.; trip and fall over parking lot broken tire bumper.

Plaintiffs successfully obtained a writ of possession for return of the construction equipment after the project was placed on hold when Defendant failed to pay the remaining $2.7 million for six construction hoists utilized at the Echelon construction project on the Las Vegas strip. Alimak Hek v. Republic Tower and Hoist (A578256)

Filed suit on behalf of Century Steel against General Contractor on the Grand Canyon Skywalk Project, a glass and steel horseshoe-shaped walkway extending over the Grand Canyon, 4,000 feet above the Colorado River, located on Hualapai Indian Reservation (A544631)

Mark in the News:

Law Firms Roots Run Deep in the Valley.html, Lawyer.com, 2008;

Suits demand best deal for shareholders

Tue, Jun 15, 2004 (11:09 a.m.)
Las Vegas Sun

Two Mandalay Resort Group shareholders filed separate suits last week in Clark County District Court accusing the company’s executives and board of directors of failing to protect shareholders’ interests during MGM MIRAGE’s unsolicited takeover bid.

Both suits were filed prior to Mandalay’s rejection of MGM MIRAGE’s initial offer Friday and the reported subsequent agreement by management to a higher bid on Monday. Read the rest of the story here…

…After Monday’s opening statements concluded, Jim Barton’s attorney, Mark Albright, said Wright appeared to be saying that the collision between Barton and Dettloff was simply an accident for which Dettloff can’t be faulted. Albright, who is also Barton’s brother-in-law, added that he believes Wright is planning to rely on what Albright termed “the panic attack disorder defense.” … Read the full story here…

Question 2: A Necessary Defense of Marriage

As Published in Nevada Lawyer Magazine, November, 2002
By William H. Stoddard, Esq. and G. Mark Albright, Esq.

Question 2 was as simple as it sounded. In its entirety, the proposed amendment read:
“Only a marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect in this state.” This common sense amendment was proposed in response to a very real attempt by some activist groups to redefine marriage. The context of the Question was not mentioned in last month’s article but is very important in understanding why Question 2 became necessary. It is what it claimed to be: a simple affirmation of one of the longstanding elements of a traditionally defined marriage. Read the rest of the article…

With a lawsuit already looming over a long-delayed municipal parking garage that opened Monday, Henderson officials learned they will face yet another lawsuit over the award Tuesday of a $39.5 million construction contract to quadruple the size of City Hall.

The contract was awarded to Dick Corp., an international construction company headquartered in Pittsburgh.

The legal controversy stems from a last-minute bid hike by a California-based electrical subcontractor listed by both Dick Corp. and by another of the four competing companies — Colorado-based PCL Construction Services. Read the rest of the story here…

…Mark Albright, an attorney for Nevada Ready Mix, one of the primary users of the gravel haul route, said the lawsuit was necessary to keep the company from defaulting on its contracts.

“The issue is whether or not the ability of some neighbors to sleep at night outweighs the construction projects pending throughout the valley, particularly when we built the road,” he said.

“The impact of such an ordinance is devastating to the construction industry in Las Vegas,” Albright added, noting that 35 percent of the trips are made at night and in the early morning. “Thousands of workers would be shut down (during morning delays) at highway, airport, hotel and other projects.” … Read the full story here…

Henderson Mayor Gibson on Reid list for fed judgeships

Fri, Dec 3, 1999 (10:57 a.m.)

WASHINGTON — Henderson Mayor Jim Gibson is among the 16 candidates Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., today said he is considering for federal judgeships.

Awards

In 2013, Mark was selected as a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer in Commercial Litigation" and as a "Top Rated Construction Lawyer, Banking & Finance Lawyer and Commercial Litigation Lawyer" in Nevada by Martindale-Hubbell and American Lawyer Media. He has argued before the Nevada Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on multiple cases. Mark has been involved in many of the largest class actions in Nevada. In July 2013, Mark was named a Top Lawyer Recipient by Vegas Inc Magazine. The American Society of Legal Advocates selected Mark as one of the Top 100 Litigation lawyers in the State of Nevada for 2014. Mark was also selected this year as one of the "10 Best" Attorneys for the State of Nevada by the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorneys (AIOPIA). In 2014, Mark was selected as one of the Top Litigation Lawyers of Southern Nevada by Avvo Legal and Desert Companion Magazine. The ASWA PI department in 2015 successfully resolved a serious big rig accident for policy limits of $1,000,000, and recovered an additional $750,000 for the client from the UIM Policy.